Miss Puerto Rico is a national title bestowed on the women representing Puerto Rico in international beauty pageants.
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | San Juan |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe Miss World Miss International Miss Earth Miss Supranational Miss Grand International Miss Intercontinental Miss Global |
Official language | Spanish, English |
Award(s) | 17 Major Titles Won: 5 Miss Universe 1970, 1985, 1993, 2001, 2006 2 Miss World 1975, 2016 2 Miss International 1987, 2014 1 Miss Earth 2019 1 Miss Supranational 2018 1 Miss Grand International 2013 4 Miss Intercontinental 1986, 1991,[a] 2010, 2016 1 Miss Global 2023 |
In 1987, Puerto Rico became the ninth nation to win the Big Three pageants of Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International. In 2019, Puerto Rico won Miss Earth, becoming the fourth nation to win the Big Four pageants. Having also won Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International, and Miss Intercontinental by 2019, Puerto Rico became the first nation—and only one as of 2023—to win the Big Six or Grand Slam and the Big Seven pageants.
As the second Ibero-American nation and fourth nation globally with the most titles in the Big Three, Big Four, Grand Slam, and Big Seven pageants, Puerto Rico, which has won 17 major titles as of 2023, is considered a powerhouse in the industry of beauty pageants, alongside Venezuela, United States, Philippines, and India.[1]
In Puerto Rico, beauty queens are an important part of the culture. The businesswoman in the modeling and beauty industry in charge of many Puerto Rican representatives in international pageants between 1952 and 1998, Anna Santisteban, popularly known as the Hacedora de Reinas (Maker of Queens), is recognized as the figure who established the fervent enthusiasm for beauty queens in Puerto Rico. As the holder of the Miss Universe franchise in Puerto Rico, Santisteban produced three international winners in 1970, 1985 and 1993.[2][3][4][5]
Despite being an American territory as a commonwealth (Spanish: estado libre asociado, lit. 'free associated state') with democratic self-governance, Puerto Rico competes in international beauty competitions as a separate and independent nation from the United States since 1952, as it does in the Olympic Games since 1948 and the Pan American Games since 1955.
As of 2023, the following 14 nations, in order of achievement year, have won Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International, or the three oldest and most prestigious international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Three:
As of 2023, the 23 nations of Ibero-America, in order of number of titles won, have performed as follows in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International, or the three oldest and most prestigious international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Three:
Titles Won by Ibero-American Nations in the Big Three Pageants | ||||||
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Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International | |
1 | Venezuela 35.6M hab. | 22 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 | |
2 | Puerto Rico 9.1M hab.[b] |
9 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | |
3 | Mexico 131.1M hab. | 6 | 1991•2010 2020 |
2018 | 2007•2009 | |
4 | Colombia 52.6M hab. | 5 | 1958•2014 | 0 | 1960•1999 2004 | |
5 | Spain 48.5M hab. | 5 | 1974 | 2015 | 1977•1990 2008 | |
6 | Brazil 203.0M hab. | 4 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | |
7 | Argentina 47.3M hab. | 4 | 1962 | 1960•1978 | 1967 | |
8 | Peru 33.7 hab. |
3 | 1957 | 1967•2004 | 0 | |
9 | Dominican Republic 11.4M hab. | 2 | 2003 | 1982 | 0 | |
10 | Panama 4.4M hab. | 2 | 2002 | 0 | 1998 | |
11 | Costa Rica 5.0M hab. |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1980•1983 | |
12 | Chile 19.9M hab. | 1 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | |
Nicaragua 6.8M hab. | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |||
13 | Ecuador 17.4M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | |
Guatemala 18.9M hab. | 0 | 0 | 1984 | |||
Portugal 10.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 1996 | |||
14 | Andorra 85.1K hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bolivia 12.1M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Cuba 10.9M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
El Salvador 7.5M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Honduras 10.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paraguay 6.2M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Uruguay 3.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 2023, the following nations, in order of number of titles won, have won more times in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International, or the three oldest and most prestigious international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Three:
As of 2023, the following 5 nations, in order of achievement year, have won Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, or the four most historically important international beauty pageants, known collectively as the Big Four:
Complete Achievement in the Big Four Pageants | |||||||
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Ranking | Year Achieved | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth |
1 | 2004 | Brazil 203.0M pop. | 6 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | 2004•2009 |
2 | 2005 | Venezuela 35.6M pop. | 24 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 |
2005•2013 |
3 | 2013 | Philippines 116.4M pop. | 15 | 1969•1973 2015•2018 |
2013 | 1964•1970 1979•2005 2013•2016 |
2008•2014 2015•2017 |
4 | 2019 | Puerto Rico 9.1M pop.[b] |
10 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 |
5 | 2020 | United States 334.9M pop. | 16 | 1954•1956 1960•1967 1980•1995 1997•2012 2022 |
1973•1990 2010 |
1974•1978 1982 |
2020 |
As of 2023, the 23 nations of Ibero-America, in order of number of titles won, have performed as follows in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, or the four most historically important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Four:
Titles Won by Ibero-American Nations in the Big Four Pageants | ||||||
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Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth |
1 | Venezuela 35.6M hab. | 24 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 |
2005•2013 |
2 | Puerto Rico 9.1M hab.[b] |
10 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 |
3 | Mexico 131.1M hab. | 6 | 1991•2010 2020 |
2018 | 2007•2009 | 0 |
4 | Brazil 203.0M hab. | 6 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | 2004•2009 |
5 | Colombia 52.6M hab. | 5 | 1958•2014 | 0 | 1960•1999 2004 |
0 |
6 | Spain 48.5M hab. | 5 | 1974 | 2015 | 1977•1990 2008 |
0 |
7 | Argentina 47.3M hab. | 4 | 1962 | 1960•1978 | 1967 | 0 |
8 | Peru 33.7 hab. |
3 | 1957 | 1967•2004 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Ecuador 17.4M hab. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | 2011•2016 |
10 | Dominican Republic 11.4M hab. | 2 | 2003 | 1982 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Panama 4.4M hab. | 2 | 2002 | 0 | 1998 | 0 |
12 | Chile 19.9M hab. | 2 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
13 | Costa Rica 5.0M hab. |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1980•1983 | 0 |
14 | Nicaragua 6.8M hab. | 1 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Guatemala 18.9M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1984 | 0 |
Portugal 10.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 0 | ||
16 | Honduras 10.4M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
17 | Andorra 85.1K hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bolivia 12.1M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cuba 10.9M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
El Salvador 7.5M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paraguay 6.2M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Uruguay 3.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 2023, the following nations, in order of number of titles won, have won more times in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, or the four most historically important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Four:
As of 2023, the following nation, in order of achievement year, has won Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand International, or the six most important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Six or Grand Slam:
Complete Achievement in the Grand Slam Pageants | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | Year Achieved | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth | Miss Supra- national |
Miss Grand Inter- national |
1 | 2019 | Puerto Rico 9.1M pop.[b] |
12 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 | 2018 | 2013 |
As of 2023, the 23 nations of Ibero-America, in order of number of titles won, have performed as follows in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand International, or the six most important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Six or Grand Slam:
Titles Won by Ibero-American Nations in the Grand Slam Pageants | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth | Miss Supra- national |
Miss Grand Inter- national |
1 | Venezuela 35.6M pop. | 25 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 |
2005•2013 | 0 | 2019 |
2 | Puerto Rico 9.1M pop.[b] |
12 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 | 2018 | 2013 |
3 | Brazil 203.0M pop. | 7 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | 2004•2009 | 0 | 2022 |
4 | Mexico 131.1M pop. | 6 | 1991•2010 2020 |
2018 | 2007•2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Colombia 52.6M pop. | 5 | 1958•2014 | 0 | 1960•1999 2004 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Peru 33.7 pop. |
5 | 1957 | 1967•2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017•2023 |
7 | Spain 48.5M pop. | 5 | 1974 | 2015 | 1977•1990 2008 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Argentina 47.3M pop. | 4 | 1962 | 1960•1978 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Ecuador 17.4M pop. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | 2011•2016 | 2023 | 0 |
10 | Dominican Republic 11.4M pop. | 3 | 2003 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
11 | Panama 4.4M pop. | 3 | 2002 | 0 | 1998 | 0 | 2009 | 0 |
12 | Chile 19.9M pop. | 2 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Costa Rica 5.0M pop. |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1980•1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Paraguay 6.2M pop. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | 2018 |
15 | Nicaragua 6.8M pop. | 1 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Guatemala 18.9M pop. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portugal 10.4M pop. | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | Honduras 10.4M pop. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Cuba 10.9M pop. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
19 | Andorra 85.1K pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bolivia 12.1M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
El Salvador 7.5M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Uruguay 3.4M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 2023, the following 69 nations, in order of number of titles won, have managed to win at least once in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, or Miss Grand International, or one of the six most important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Six or Grand Slam:
Titles Won in the Grand Slam Pageants | |||||||||
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Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth | Miss Supra- national |
Miss Grand Inter- national | |
1 | Venezuela 35.6M pop. | 25 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 |
2005•2013 | 0 | 2019 | |
2 | United States 334.9M pop. | 17 | 1954•1956 1960•1967 1980•1995 1997•2012 2022 |
1973•1990 2010 |
1974•1978 1982 |
2020 | 0 | 2020 | |
3 | Philippines 116.4M pop. | 16 | 1969•1973 2015•2018 |
2013 | 1964•1970 1979•2005 2013•2016 |
2008•2014 2015•2017 |
2013 | 0 | |
4 | Puerto Rico 9.1M hab.[b] |
12 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 | 2018 | 2013 | |
5 | India 1.4B pop. |
12 | 1994•2000 2021 |
1966•1994 1997•1999 2000•2017 |
0 | 2010 | 2014•2016 | 0 | |
6 | Australia 26.0M pop. | 8 | 1972•2004 | 1968•1972 | 1962•1982 1992 |
0 | 0 | 2015 | |
7 | South Africa 60.4M pop. | 7 | 1978•2017 2019 |
1958•1974 2014 |
0 | 0 | 2022 | 0 | |
8 | Brazil 203.0M pop. | 7 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | 2004•2009 | 0 | 2022 | |
9 | United Kingdom 67.7M pop. |
7 | 0 | 1961•1964 1965•1974 1983 |
1969•1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Sweden 10.5M pop. | 6 | 1955•1966 1984 |
1951•1952 1977 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Mexico 131.1M pop. | 6 | 1991•2010 2020 |
2018 | 2007•2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Germany 84.6M pop. | 6 | 1961 | 1956•1980 | 1965•1989 2022 |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Poland 41.0M pop. | 6 | 0 | 1989•2021 | 1991•1993 2001 |
0 | 2011 | 0 | |
14 | Colombia 52.6M pop. | 5 | 1958•2014 | 0 | 1960•1999 2004 |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Peru 33.7 pop. |
5 | 1957 | 1967•2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017•2023 | |
16 | Spain 48.5M pop. | 5 | 1974 | 2015 | 1977•1990 2008 |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | France 68.0M pop. | 4 | 1953•2016 | 1953 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Finland 5.6M pop. | 1952•1975 | 1957 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
18 | Thailand 69.7M pop. | 4 | 1965•1988 | 0 | 2019 | 0 | 2019 | 0 | |
19 | Argentina 47.3M pop. | 4 | 1962 | 1960•1978 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Netherlands 18.0M pop. | 1989 | 1959•1962 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
20 | Jamaica 2.8M pop. | 4 | 0 | 1963•1976 1993•2019 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Iceland 399.1K pop. | 4 | 0 | 1985•1988 2005 |
1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | Ecuador 17.4M pop. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | 2011•2016 | 2023 | 0 | |
23 | Trinidad and Tobago 1.4M pop. | 3 | 1977•1998 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | Japan 123.7M pop. | 3 | 1959•2007 | 0 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | Canada 40.3M pop. | 3 | 1982•2005 | 0 | 0 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | Russia 141.6M pop. | 3 | 2002 | 1992•2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | Greece 10.4M pop. | 3 | 1964 | 1996 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Dominican Republic 11.4M pop. | 3 | 2003 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | |
29 | Norway 5.5M pop. | 3 | 1990 | 0 | 1988•1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | Panama 4.4M pop. | 3 | 2002 | 0 | 1998 | 0 | 2010 | 0 | |
31 | Czech Republic 10.8M pop. |
3 | 0 | 2006•2023 | 0 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Israel 9.8M pop. | 2 | 1976 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | Lebanon 5.2M pop. | 2 | 1971 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
New Zealand 5.2M pop. | 1983 | 0 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
34 | Chile 19.9M pop. | 2 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Namibia 3.0M pop. | 2 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | 0 | |
36 | Austria 9.0M hab. | 2 | 0 | 1969•1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
China 1.4B pop. | 0 | 2007•2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
37 | Costa Rica 5.0M pop. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1980•1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
38 | Indonesia 279.1M pop. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | |
39 | South Korea 51.9M pop. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | 2017 | 0 | |
40 | Vietnam 104.7M pop. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | 0 | 2021 | |
41 | Paraguay 6.2M pop. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | 2018 | |
42 | Angola 35.1M pop. | 1 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Botswana 2.6M pop. | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nicaragua 6.8M pop. | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
43 | Bermuda 63.9K pop. | 1 | 0 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Egypt 112.7M pop. | 0 | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gibraltar 32.6K pop. | 0 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Grenada 124.6K pop. | 0 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Guam 168.8K pop. | 0 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ireland 5.2M pop. | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nigeria 222.4M pop. | 0 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Turkey 85.8M pop. | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
44 | England 56.5M pop. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Guatemala 18.9M pop. | 0 | 0 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Portugal 10.4M pop. | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
45 | Albania 2.7M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
Belize 441.4K pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bosnia 3.4M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
Denmark 5.9M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | |||
Honduras 10.4M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kenya 55.1M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
46 | Belarus 9.4M pop. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | 0 | |
Ukraine 36.7M pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009 | 0 | |||
47 | Cuba 10.9M pop. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
As of 2023, the following nation, in order of achievement year, has won Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International, and Miss Intercontinental, or the seven most important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Seven:
Complete Achievement in the Big Seven Pageants | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | Year Achieved | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth | Miss Supra- national |
Miss Grand Inter- national |
Miss Inter- continental |
1 | 2019 | Puerto Rico 9.1M hab.[b] |
16 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 | 2018 | 2013 | 1986•1991[a] 2010•2016 |
As of 2023, the 23 nations of Ibero-America, in order of number of titles won, have performed as follows in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International, and Miss Intercontinental, or the seven most important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Seven:
Titles Won by Ibero-American Nations in the Big Seven Pageants | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth | Miss Supra- national |
Miss Grand Inter- national |
Miss Inter- continental |
1 | Venezuela 35.6M hab. | 30 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 |
2005•2013 | 0 | 2019 | 1974•2001 2005•2009 2012 |
2 | Puerto Rico 9.1M hab.[b] |
16 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 | 2018 | 2013 | 1986•1991[a] 2010•2016 |
3 | Brazil 203.0M hab. | 10 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | 2004•2009 | 0 | 2022 | 1972•1981 1998 |
4 | Mexico 131.1M hab. | 7 | 1991•2010 2020 |
2018 | 2007•2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
5 | Colombia 52.6M hab. | 7 | 1958•2014 | 0 | 1960•1999 2004 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2004•2008 |
6 | Peru 33.7 hab. |
7 | 1957 | 1967•2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017•2023 | 1971•1987 |
7 | Argentina 47.3M hab. | 5 | 1962 | 1960•1978 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
8 | España 48.5M hab. | 5 | 1974 | 2015 | 1977•1990 2008 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Dominican Republic 11.4M hab. | 5 | 2003 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | 1985•1989 |
10 | Ecuador 17.4M hab. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | 2011•2016 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Panama 4.4M hab. | 3 | 2002 | 0 | 1998 | 0 | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Chile 19.9M hab. | 2 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Nicaragua 6.8M hab. | 2 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
14 | Costa Rica 5.0M hab. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1980•1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Paraguay 6.2M hab. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | 2018 | 0 |
16 | Guatemala 18.9M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portugal 10.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | Honduras 10.4M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Cuba 10.9M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | 0 |
19 | Andorra 85.1K hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bolivia 12.1M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
El Salvador 7.5M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Uruguay 3.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 2023, the following 75 nations, in order of number of titles won, have managed to win at least once in Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International, or Miss Intercontinental, or one of the seven most important international beauty pageants, collectively known as the Big Seven:
Titles Won in the Big Seven Pageants | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe | Miss World | Miss International |
Miss Earth | Miss Supra- national |
Miss Grand Inter- national |
Miss Inter- continental |
1 | Venezuela 35.6M hab. | 30 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
1955•1981 1984•1991 1995•2011 |
1985•1997 2000•2003 2006•2010 2015•2018 2023 |
2005•2013 | 0 | 2019 | 1974•2001 2005•2009 2012 |
2 | United States 334.9M hab. | 22 | 1954•1956 1960•1967 1980•1995 1997•2012 2022 |
1973•1990 2010 |
1974•1978 1982 |
2020 | 0 | 2020 | 1973•1979 1982•1994 2011 |
3 | Philippines 116.4M hab. | 18 | 1969•1973 2015•2018 |
2013 | 1964•1970 1979•2005 2013•2016 |
2008•2014 2015•2017 |
2013 | 0 | 2018•2021 |
4 | Puerto Rico 9.1M hab.[b] |
16 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
1975•2016 | 1987•2014 | 2019 | 2018 | 2013 | 1986•1991[a] 2010•2016 |
5 | India 1.4B hab. |
14 | 1994•2000 2021 |
1966•1994 1997•1999 2000•2017 |
0 | 2010 | 2014•2016 | 0 | 1978•1997 |
6 | Brazil 203.0M hab. | 10 | 1963•1968 | 1971 | 1968 | 2004•2009 | 0 | 2022 | 1972•1981 1998 |
7 | Germany 84.6M hab. | 9 | 1961 | 1956•1980 | 1965•1989 2022 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1992•1993 2000 |
8 | Australia 26.0M hab. | 8 | 1972•2004 | 1968•1972 | 1962•1982 1992 |
0 | 0 | 2015 | 0 |
9 | South Africa 60.4M hab. |
7 | 1978•2017 2019 |
1958•1974 2014 |
0 | 0 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Mexico 131.1M hab. | 7 | 1991•2010 2020 |
2018 | 2007•2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
11 | Colombia 52.6M hab. | 7 | 1958•2014 | 0 | 1960•1999 2004 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2004•2008 |
12 | Peru 33.7 hab. |
7 | 1957 | 1967•2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017•2023 | 1971•1987 |
13 | United Kingdom 67.7M hab. |
7 | 0 | 1961•1964 1965•1974 1983 |
1969•1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Sweden 10.5M hab. | 6 | 1955•1966 1984 |
1951•1952 1977 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Thailand 69.7M hab. | 6 | 1965•1988 | 0 | 2019 | 0 | 2019 | 0 | 2014•2023 |
16 | Russia 141.6M hab. | 6 | 2002 | 1992•2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991•2013 2015 |
17 | Poland 41.0M hab. | 6 | 0 | 1989•2021 | 1991•1993 2001 |
0 | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Argentina 47.3M hab. | 5 | 1962 | 1960•1978 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
Netherlands 18.0M hab. | 1989 | 1959•1962 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 | ||
19 | Spain 48.5M hab. | 5 | 1974 | 2015 | 1977•1990 2008 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Dominican Republic 11.4M hab. | 5 | 2003 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | 1985•1989 |
21 | Jamaica 2.8M hab. | 5 | 0 | 1963•1976 1993•2019 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1990 |
22 | France 68.0M hab. | 4 | 1953•2016 | 1953 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finland 5.6M hab. | 1952•1975 | 1957 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | Lebanon 5.2M hab. | 4 | 1971 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003•2007 |
24 | Iceland 399.1K hab. | 4 | 0 | 1985•1988 2005 |
1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Ecuador 17.4M hab. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | 2011•2016 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Trinidad and Tobago 1.4M hab. | 3 | 1977•1998 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Japan 123.7M hab. |
3 | 1959•2007 | 0 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Canada 40.3M hab. | 3 | 1982•2005 | 0 | 0 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Greece 10.4M hab. | 3 | 1964 | 1996 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Norway 5.5M hab. |
3 | 1990 | 0 | 1988•1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Panama 4.4M hab. | 3 | 2002 | 0 | 1998 | 0 | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Czech Republic 10.8M hab. |
3 | 0 | 2006•2023 | 0 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Vietnam 104.7M hab. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | 0 | 2021 | 2022 |
34 | Israel 9.8M hab. |
2 | 1976 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | New Zealand 5.2M hab. |
2 | 1983 | 0 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Chile 19.9M hab. |
2 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Namibia 3.0M hab. | 2 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Nicaragua 6.8M hab. | 2 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
39 | Austria 9.0M hab. | 2 | 0 | 1969•1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
China 1.4B hab. | 0 | 2007•2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | Nigeria 222.4M hab. | 2 | 0 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1989 |
Turkey 85.8M hab. |
0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1999 | ||
41 | Costa Rica 5.0M hab. |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1980•1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Indonesia 279.1M hab. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | 0 |
43 | England 56.5M hab. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1977 |
44 | South Korea 51.9M hab. |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Paraguay 6.2M hab. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 | 2018 | 0 |
46 | Curaçao 192.0K hab. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988•2002 |
47 | Angola 35.1M hab. |
1 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Botswana 2.6M hab. | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
48 | Bermuda 63.9K hab. | 1 | 0 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Egypt 112.7M hab. |
0 | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gibraltar 32.6K hab. | 0 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grenada 124.6K hab. | 0 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Guam 168.8K hab. |
0 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ireland 5.2M hab. |
0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | Guatemala 18.9M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portugal 10.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
50 | Albania 2.7M hab. |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Belize 441.4K hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bosnia 3.4M hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Denmark 5.9M hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Honduras 10.4M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kenya 55.1M hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
51 | Belarus 9.4M hab. |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
Ukraine 36.7M hab. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||
52 | Cuba 10.9M hab. |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | 0 |
53 | Hungary 9.5M hab. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
Iran 89.1M hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1975 | ||
Slovak Republic 5.4M hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 | ||
Tahiti 278.7K hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 | ||
United States Virgin Islands 105.8K hab. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
Hundreds of beauty contests are held every year, but those known as the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by the international media. These three competitions are: Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International.
Puerto Rico has won Miss Universe five times: 1970 with Marisol Malaret, 1985 with Deborah Carthy-Deu, 1993 with Dayanara Torres, 2001 with Denise Quiñones, and 2006 with Zuleyka Rivera; Miss World twice: 1975 with Wilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson, and 2016 with Stephanie Del Valle; and Miss International twice: 1987 with Laurie Simpson, and 2014 with Valerie Hernández. In 1987, Puerto Rico became the ninth nation globally to win all three competitions. With 9 titles, Puerto Rico is the fourth nation globally with the most titles won in these pageants.
Miss Earth is historically considered the next most important pageant. Puerto Rico has won the title once with Nellys Pimentel in 2019. Along with the three aforementioned competitions, Miss Earth composes Big Four (Big Four) pageants. In 2019, Puerto Rico became the fourth nation to win the four contests. With 10 titles, Puerto Rico is the fourth nation globally with the most titles won in these pageants.
The two most prestigious and relevant pageants after the Big four are: Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International. Puerto Rico has won both competitions once, winning Miss Supranational in 2018 with Valeria Vázquez Latorre, and Miss Grand International in 2013 with Janelee Chaparro Colón in the first edition of the pageant.
These six beauty competitions—Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand International—are considered the Big Six or Grand Slam, as they are the most important in the world of beauty pageants. In 2019, Puerto Rico became the first nation in the world to win all six. As of 2023, Puerto Rico is the only nation to have achieved this feat. With 12 titles, Puerto Rico is the fourth nation globally with the most titles won in these pageants.
Together with Miss Intercontinental, the oldest minor international beauty competition, these major pageants are collectively known as the Big Seven. Puerto Rico has won Miss Intercontinental four times: 1986 with Elizabeth Robinson, 1991 with Carmen Lynda Díaz,[a] 2010 with Maydelise Columna, and 2016 with Heylimar Rosario. In 2019, Puerto Rico became the first nation in the world to win all seven. As of 2023, Puerto Rico is the only nation to have achieved this feat. With 16 titles, Puerto Rico is the fourth nation globally with the most titles won in these pageants.
With a decade of history, a high quality production, and more than sixty competing delegates, Miss Global is one of the most relevant international beauty pageants following the seven mentioned above. Puerto Rico earned its first Miss Global crown with Ashley Meléndez, who won the title in the pageant’s 2023 edition.
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has won the following important international titles:
Major Pageant | Title | Winning Year |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 5 | 1970 • 1985 • 1993 • 2001 • 2006 |
Miss World | 2 | 1975 • 2016 |
Miss International | 2 | 1987 • 2014 |
Big Three | 9 | |
Miss Earth | 1 | 2019 |
Big Four | 10 | |
Miss Supranational | 1 | 2018 |
Miss Grand International | 1 | 2013 |
Big Six (Grand Slam) | 12 | |
Miss Intercontinental | 4 | 1986 • 1991[a] • 2010 • 2016 |
Big Seven | 16 | |
Miss Global | 1 | 2023 |
Major International Titles | 17 |
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements in the most important international pageants:
Major Pageant |
Sum | Placement Year |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 26 | 1970 • 1971 • 1974 • 1980 • 1985 1986 • 1987 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2004 • 2005 2006 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2013 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 2023 |
Miss World | 18 | 1975 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1985 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2016 2019 • 2021 • 2023 |
Miss International | 15 | 1973 • 1976 • 1986 • 1987 • 1992 1997 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2019 • 2023 |
Big Three | 59 | |
Miss Earth | 6 | 2005 • 2010 • 2019 • 2020 • 2022 2023 |
Big Four |
65 | |
Miss Supranational | 9 | 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2017 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023 |
Miss Grand International | 11 | 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 2023 |
Big Six (Grand Slam) |
85 | |
Miss Intercontinental | 23 | 1978 • 1979 • 1982 • 1982 • 1986 1990 • 1991[a] • 1997 • 1999 • 2000 2002 • 2005 • 2006 • 2009 • 2010 2011 • 2012 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 2015 • 2016 • 2022 • 2023 |
Big Seven | 108 | |
Miss Global | 1 | 2023 |
Major International Placements |
109 |
Formation | 1952 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe |
Official language | Spanish, English |
National Director | Yicette Cifredo |
Miss Universe Puerto Rico | Karla Guilfú (2023) |
In its various forms, the Miss Puerto Rico beauty pageant has been held almost every year since the 1930s.[6] The winner of the contest represents Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe pageant each year.
The selection of Miss Universe Puerto Rico commences the year before the winner advances to participate in the Miss Universe pageant. Each Puerto Rican municipality may choose a representative who then enters the Miss Puerto Rico finals, traditionally held at a San Juan area hotel. The winner is crowned at the conclusion of the final competition.
There have been several changes to the pageant's ownership and name. Miss Puerto Rico was held from 1952 until 1998 under the direction of Anna Santisteban. From 1996 to 1998, Telemundo organized the contest under the name Miss Universe Puerto Rico. From 1999 to 2002, TeleOnce (now Univision Puerto Rico) obtained the franchise, renaming it Miss Puerto Rico Universe. Magali Febles organized the pageant between 2003 and 2009 and the pageant title remained the same. In 2009, Luisito Vigoreaux and Desireé Lowry obtained the franchise and renamed the pageant Miss Universe Puerto Rico. In 2018, WAPA-TV obtained ownership of the franchise, keeping the name of Miss Universe Puerto Rico and hiring Denise Quiñones as the pageant’s director. In 2022, host, motivational speaker, Miss Puerto Rico Petite 2000 (national title), and Miss Global Petite 2000 (international title), Yizette Cifredo Hernández, became the new national director of the pageant.
With 26 placements in total, Puerto Rico is the ninth nation with the most placements.
As of 2023, the following nations, in order of number of finalists and semifinalists, have placed more times in the final night of the competition:
With 16 finalists in the Top 5 or Top 6, Puerto Rico is the fourth nation with the most finalists. Currently, Brazil and Philippines also have 16 finalists each.
As of 2023, the following countries or territories, in order of number of finalists, have placed more times in the final group of finalists:
With 5 crowns, Puerto Rico is the third nation with the most titles won.
As of 2023, the following countries or territories, in order of number of titles, have earned the largest number of titles:
Titles Won in Miss Universe | |||
---|---|---|---|
Ranking | Nation | Sum | Miss Universe Title |
1 | United States 334.9M pop. | 9 | 1954•1956 1960•1967 1980•1995 1997•2012 2022 |
2 | Venezuela 35.6M pop. |
7 | 1979•1981 1986•1996 2008•2009 2013 |
3 | Puerto Rico 9.1M pop.[b] |
5 | 1970•1985 1993•2001 2006 |
4 | Philippines 116.4M pop. |
4 | 1969•1973 2015•2018 |
5 | India 1.4B pop. |
3 | 1994•2000 2021 |
Mexico 131.1M pop. |
1991•2010 2020 | ||
South Africa 60.4M pop. |
1978•2017 2019 | ||
Sweden 10.5M pop. |
1955•1966 1984 |
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced 26 placements in Miss Universe:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 5 | 1970 • 1985 • 1993 • 2001 • 2006 |
1st Runner-Up |
2 | 2005 • 2019 |
2nd Runner-Up |
2 | 1998 • 2004 |
3rd Runner-Up |
1 | 1971 |
4th Runner-Up |
2 | 1987 • 2009 |
Top 5 or Top 6 |
5 | 1995 • 2018 • 2022 • 2023 |
Top 10 or Top 12 |
8 | 1974 • 1980 • 1986 • 1997 • 1999 • 2010 • 2020 • 2021 |
Top 16 or Top 20 |
2 | 2011 • 2013 |
Total | 26 |
Puerto Rico has placed consecutively in the last six editions of the international competition, becoming the longest uninterrupted streak in the history of Puerto Rico, and the second longest uninterrupted streak in the international competition currently after United States, which has consecutively placed for the last 13 years.
For a complete list of the representatives to Miss Universe
Formation | 1959 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss World |
Official language | Spanish, English |
National Director | Wilnelia Merced |
Miss World Puerto Rico | Valeria Pérez (2025) |
Puerto Rico debuted in Miss World in 1959, then it was absent from 1960 to 1969. In 1970, a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings. Puerto Rico did not compete in Miss World from 1986 to 1988. The Miss Puerto Rico organization, directed by Anna Santisteban, obtained the Miss World franchise in 1989, Tania Collazo was her first Miss World delegate. Santisteban produced Miss World Puerto Rico until 1995.
In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of Miss World Wilnelia Merced, Lady Forsyth-Johnson, obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo Puerto Rico pageant with Tania Collazo as organizer for a few years before Desiree Lowry, and later on Shanira Blanco.
Puerto Rico has two winners in Miss World 1975 and Miss World 2016. As of 2024, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 2 | 1975 • 2016 |
1st Runner-Up |
0 | |
2nd Runner-Up |
2 | 2005 • 2011 |
3rd Runner-Up |
0 | |
4th Runner-Up |
0 | |
Top 5 or Top 6 |
0 | |
Top 8 or Top 17 |
7 | 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1985 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 |
Top 20 or Top 25 |
3 | 2002 • 2003 • 2010 |
Top 30 or Top 40 |
4 | 2012 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023 |
Total | 18 |
For a complete list of the representatives to Miss World
Year | Representative | Placement | Award |
---|---|---|---|
2025 | Valeria Nicole Pérez | TBA | TBA |
2024 | No pageant will be held for 2024 edition | ||
2023 | Elena Rivera Reyes | Top 40 | • Top 25 Head to Head Challenge • Top 23 Talent |
2022 | Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022 | ||
2021 | Aryam Díaz Rosado | Top 40 | 2nd Runner-Up Top Model |
2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
2019 | Daniella Rodríguez Laureano | Top 40 | Top 40 Top Model |
2018 | Dayanara Martínez Rosado | Unplaced | • 3rd Runner-Up Sanya Tourism Promotional Video • Top 18 Talent |
2017 | No Candidate due to the devastating effects of two hurricanes | ||
2016 | Stephanie Román De León | Did not compete; Took over title after Del Valle won Miss World 2016 | |
Stephanie Marie Del Valle Díaz | Miss World 2016 | Top 21 Talent | |
2015 | Keysi Marie Vargas Vélez | Unplaced | • Top 5 Top Model • Top 10 Designer Dress • Top 30 Talent |
2014 | Génesis Marie Dávila Pérez | Unplaced | Top 20 Top Model |
2013 | Nadyalee Torres López | Unplaced | |
2012 | Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colón | Top 30 | • Top 10 Designer Dress • Top 40 Beach Beauty • Top 47 Top Model |
2011 | Amanda Victoria Vilanova Pérez | 2nd Runner-Up | • Queen of Caribbean Winner • Top 11 Talent • Top 20 Beach Beauty • Top 24 Sports • Top 30 Beauty with a Purpose |
2010 | Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago | Top 25 | Beach Beauty Winner |
2009 | Jennifer Colón Alvarado | Unplaced | |
2008 | Ivonne Marie Orsini López | Top 16 | • Top 10 Beach Beauty • Top 32 Top Model |
2007 | Jennifer Guevara Campos | Top 16 | 1st Runner-Up Top Model |
2006 | Thebyam Carrión Álvarez | Top 17 | • 1st Runner-Up Beauty with a Purpose • 1st Runner-Up Sports • Top 25 Beach Beauty |
2005 | Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos | 2nd Runner-Up | Queen of Caribbean Winner |
2004 | Cassandra Castro Holland | Unplaced | Top 10 Top Model |
2003 | Joyceline Montero García | Top 20 | 1st Runner-Up Talent |
2002 | Cassandra Polo Berrios | Top 20 | |
2001 | Bárbara Serrano Negrón | Unplaced | |
2000 | Sarybel Velilla Cabeza | Unplaced |
Formation | 1960 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | San Juan |
Location | |
Membership | Miss International |
Official language | Spanish |
National Director | Miguel René Deliz Valeria Vázquez Latorre |
Miss International Puerto Rico | Amanda Pérez (2023) |
This contest is considered the third most important female beauty event in the world. The Miss Puerto Rico pageant had the rights to this franchise from 1960 to 1997. Then, from 1998 to 2003, the Miss Puerto Rico Tourism pageant, led by Jorge Manrique, and later by former Miss Puerto Rico Tourism and Miss World Puerto Rico Tania Collazo. In 2004, the new Bellezas del Turismo (Tourism Beauties) pageant, also directed by Tania Collazo, obtained the rights until 2006. From 2007 to 2015, the firm Creative Options Inc. chaired by Fernando Oquendo Vega, was in charged of the franchise, which was directed for a while by Desireé Del Río De Jesús, Miss International Puerto Rico 2011.
Currently, Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico (Our Beauty Puerto Rico) organization chaired by Miguel R. Deliz has ownership of the franchise with Miss Supranational Puerto Rico, and Miss Grand Puerto Rico, and Miss Charm Puerto Rico.
The first Puerto Rican delegate in Miss International was Carmen Sara Látimer, sent in 1960. Puerto Rico has two winners in Laurie Simpson in 1987 and Valerie Hernandez in 2014. As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 2 | 1987 • 2014 |
1st Runner-Up |
0 | |
2nd Runner-Up |
0 | |
3rd Runner-Up |
1 | 2011 |
4th Runner-Up |
0 | |
Top 8 | 0 | |
Top 12 or Top 15 |
12 | 1963 • 1976 • 1986 • 1992 • 1997 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2013 • 2019 • 2023 |
Total | 15 |
For a complete list of the representatives to Miss International
Year | Representative | Placement | Award |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2023 | Amanda Paola Pérez Solís | Top 15 | |
2022 | Paola Cristina González Torres | Unplaced | |
2021 | Natalia Marie Colón Figueroa | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2021 | |
2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
2019 | Ivana Carolina Irizarry García | Top 15 | |
2018 | Yarelis Yvette Salgado Rodríguez | Unplaced | |
2017 | Beverly Marie Rodríguez De León | Did Not Compete
| |
2016 | Gabriela Berríos Pagán | Unplaced | |
2015 | Wilmary Monción Román | Unplaced | |
2014 | Valerie Hernández Matías | Miss International 2014 | |
2013 | Ashley Beth Pérez Calderón | Top 15 | |
2012 | Ashley Michelle Ruiz Rodríguez | Unplaced | |
2011 | Desiree Del Rio De Jesús | 3rd Runner-Up | Miss Active Winner |
2010 | Aideliz Hidalgo Betances | Top 15 | |
2009 | Mónica Cristina Pastrana González | Unplaced | |
2008 | Miriam Ivette Pabón Carrión | Top 12 | |
2007 | Haydil Rivera Escobales | Top 15 | |
2006 | Sharon Haydée Gómez Díaz | Top 12 | |
2005 | Dinorah Collazo Ortíz | Unplaced | |
2004 | Meredith Herrera Morales | Unplaced | |
2003 | Dignelis Taymi Jiménez Hernández | Unplaced | |
2002 | Mariela Lugo Marín | Unplaced | |
2001 | Lorena Otero Pérez | Unplaced | |
2000 | Rosiveliz Díaz Rodríguez | Unplaced |
Formation | 2001 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Earth |
Official language | Spanish |
National Director | Joe Amhed |
Miss Earth Puerto Rico | Bianca Caraballo (2024) |
The Miss Puerto Rico Universe organization sent representatives to Miss Earth between 2001 and 2004 under Magaly Febles. From 2005 to 2013, Puerto Rico's representative to Miss Earth was selected through the Miss Puerto Rico Earth pageant. Under the direction of Shanira Blanco in 2014, the representative was selected through the Miss Mundo Puerto Rico pageant with the 1st Runner-Up being sent to Miss Earth. In 2018, Vanessa de Roide and Joe Amhed took control of the franchise.
After years of neglect and not placing, Puerto Rico has managed to significantly improve its standing under the direction of Joe Amhed.
Puerto Rico conquered the crown of Miss Earth with Nellys Pimentel in 2019. By winning the crown, Puerto Rico became one of only five countries to win the four most recognized pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth. By winning, Puerto Rico also became the first—and the only country currently—to win the six most important beauty international competitions: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand International.
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 1 | 2019 |
1st Runner-Up | 0 | |
2nd Runner-Up | 0 | |
3rd Runner-Up | 1 | 2010 |
4th Runner-Up | 0 | |
Top 8 | 3 | 2005 • 2020 • 2022 |
Top 12 or Top 15 | 1 | 2023 |
Top 20 | 0 | |
Total | 6 |
For a complete list of the representatives to Miss Earth
Year | Representative | Placement | Award |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Bianca Nicole Miranda Caraballo | TBA | TBA |
2023 | Victoria Alejandra Arocho Del Valle | Top 12 | |
2022 | Paulina Avilés-Feshold | Top 8 | • Miss Flavor Cartel Winner Long Gown Competition (Air Group) Resort Wear Competition (Air Group) |
2021 | Cristina Mariel Ríos | Unplaced | • Best in Casual Chic Winner Long Gown |
2020 | Krystal Badillo | Top 8 | Evening Gown (Americas) |
2019 | Nellys Rocío Pimentel Campusano | Miss Earth 2019 | • Miss Flora Winner Swimsuit (Water Group) Long Gown (Water Group) |
2018 | Krystal Xamairy Rivera Barrios | Unplaced | • Miss Pontefino Hotel Winner Talent (Water Group) |
2017 | Karla Victoria Aponte Colón | Unplaced | • Miss JACMI Winner • Best Eco-Beauty Video Winner Swimsuit (Group 3) Long Gown (Group 3) |
2016 | No Candidate | ||
2015 | |||
2014 | Franceska Toro Medina | Unplaced | Darling of the Press Cocktail Wear (Group 1) Resort Wear (Group 1) • Top 10 Eco-Beauty Video |
2013 | Velmary Paola Cabassa Vélez | Do Not Compete | |
2012 | Darli Arni Pacheco Montañez | Unplaced | Liter of Light Project Campaign (Group 1) Resort Wear (Group 1) Miss Talent (Group 1) Swimsuit (Group 1) |
2011 | Agnes Eileen Benítez Santiago | Unplaced | |
2010 | Yeidy Enid Bosques Pérez | 3rd Runner-Up | Miss Fire Winner |
2009 | Dignelis Taymí Jiménez Hernández | Unplaced | Placenta Award Winner |
2008 | No Candidate | ||
2007 | |||
2006 | Camille Collazo Ortíz | Unplaced | |
2005 | Vanessa de Roide Toledo | Top 8 | • Best in Long Gown Winner • Top 5 Miss Pond's Winner |
2004 | Shanira Mariette Blanco Colón | Unplaced | Miss Leonardo Winner |
2003 | Norelis Ortiz Acosta | Unplaced | |
2002 | Deidre Rodríguez Santiago | Unplaced | |
2001 | Amaricelys Reyes Guzmán | Unplaced |
Puerto Rico's performance in the Big four international beauty pageants of Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth, which are historically considered the most important.
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | TBA | No Pageant Will Be Held | TBA | Bianca Caraballo TBA |
2023 | Karla Guilfú Top 5 |
Elena Rivera Top 40 |
Amanda Pérez Top 15 |
Victoria Arocho Top 12 |
2022 | Ashley Cariño Top 5 |
No Pageant Held | Paola González | Paulina Avilés-Feshold Top 8 |
2021 | Michelle Colón Top 10 |
Aryam Díaz Top 40 |
No Pageant Held | Cristina Mariel Ríos |
2020 | Estefanía Soto Top 10 |
No Pageant Held | Krystal Badillo Top 8 | |
2019 | Madison Anderson 1st Runner-Up |
Daniella Rodríguez Top 40 |
Ivana Irizarry Top 15 |
Nellys Pimentel WINNER |
2018 | Kiara Ortega Top 5 |
Dayanara Martínez | Yarelis Salgado | Krystal Xamairy |
2017 | Danna Hernández | No Candidate | No Candidate | Karla Aponte |
2016 | Brenda Jiménez | Stephanie Del Valle WINNER |
Gabriela Berrios | No Candidate |
2015 | Catalina Morales | Keysi Vargas | Wilmary Monción | No Candidate |
2014 | Gabriela Berrios | Genesis Davila | Valerie Hernandez WINNER |
Franceska Toro |
2013 | Monic Pérez Top 16 |
Nadyalee Torres | Ashley Pérez Top 15 |
No Candidate |
2012 | Bodine Koehler | Janelee Chaparro Top 30 |
Ashley Ruíz | Darla Pacheco |
2011 | Viviana Ortíz Top 16 |
Amanda Vilanova 2nd Runner-Up |
Desireé del Río 3rd Runner-Up |
Agnes Benítez |
2010 | Mariana Vicente Top 10 |
Yara Lasanta Top 25 |
Aideliz Hidalgo Top 15 |
Yeidy Bosques 3rd Runner-Up |
2009 | Mayra Matos 4th Runner-Up |
Jennifer Colón | Mónica Pastrana | Dignelis Jiménez |
2008 | Ingrid Rivera | Ivonne Orsini Top 15 |
Miriam Pabón Top 12 |
No Candidate |
2007 | Uma Blasini | Jennifer Guevara Top 16 |
Haydil Rivera Top 15 |
No Candidate |
2006 | Zuleyka Rivera WINNER |
Thebyam Carrión Top 17 |
Sharon Gómez Top 12 |
Camille Colazzo |
2005 | Cynthia Olavarría 1st Runner-Up |
Ingrid Rivera 2nd Runner-Up |
Dinorah Collazo | Vanessa De Roide Top 8 |
2004 | Alba Reyes 2nd Runner-Up |
Cassandra Castro | Meredith Herrera | Shanira Blanco |
2003 | Carla Tricoli | Joyceline Montero Top 20 |
Dignelis Jiménez | Norelis Ortíz |
2002 | Isis Casalduc | Cassandra Polo Top 20 |
Mariela Lugo | Deidre Rodríguez |
2001 | Denise Quiñones WINNER |
Barbara Serrano | Lorna Otero | Amaricelys Reyes |
2000 | Zoraida Fonalledas | Sarybel Velilla | Rosiveliz Díaz | No Pageant Held (Established in Manila, Philippines in 2001). |
1999 | Brenda Liz López Top 10 |
Arlene Torres | No Candidate | |
1998 | Joyce Giraud 2nd Runner-Up |
Antonia Alfonso | No Candidate | |
1997 | Ana Rosa Brito Top 10 |
Aurea Marrero | Ymak Fagundo Top 15 | |
1996 | Sarybel Velilla | Marissa de la Caridad | Lydia Guzmán | |
1995 | Desiree Lowry Top 6 |
Swanni Quiñones | María Arroyo | |
1994 | Brenda Robles | Joyce Giraud | Alice Lee | |
1993 | Dayanara Torres WINNER |
Ana Rosa Brito | Brenda Robles | |
1992 | Daisy García | Lianabel Rosario | Dayanara Torres Top 15 | |
1991 | Lizzette Bouret | Johanna Irizarry | Lizaura Quiñones | |
1990 | Luisa Fortuno | Magdalena Pabón | Ana Rosa Brito | |
1989 | Catalina Villa | Tania Collazo | Michele Cotto | |
1988 | Isabel Pardo | No Candidate | Yolanda Martínez | |
1987 | Laurie Simpson 4th Runner-Up |
No Candidate | Laurie Simpson WINNER | |
1986 | Elizabeth Robison Top 10 |
No Candidate | Elizabeth Robison Top 15 | |
1985 | Deborah Carthy-Deu WINNER |
Iris Matias Top 15 |
No Candidate | |
1984 | Sandra Beauchamp | María Rosas | No Candidate | |
1983 | Carmen Bátiz | Fátima Mustafa | No Candidate | |
1982 | Lourdes Mantero | Jannette Torres | No Candidate | |
1981 | Carmen Lotti | Andrenira Ruíz | No Candidate | |
1980 | Agnes Tañón Top 12 |
Michele Torres Top 15 |
No Candidate | |
1979 | Teresa López | Daisy López | No Candidate | |
1978 | Ada Perkins | María Cañizares Top 15 |
No Candidate | |
1977 | Mar Rivera | Didriana del Río | Marta Hernández | |
1976 | Elizabeth Zayas | Ivette Rosado Top 15 |
Yvonne Torres Top 15 | |
1975 | Lorell Carmona | Wilnelia Merced WINNER |
Gladys Salgado | |
1974 | Sonia Stege Top 12 |
Loyda Valle | No Candidate | |
1973 | Gladys Colón | Milagros García | Miriam Vargas | |
1972 | Barbara Torres | Ana Nisi Goyco | Miriam López | |
1971 | Beba Franco 3rd Runner-Up |
Raquel Quintana | Doris Morales | |
1970 | Marisol Malaret WINNER |
Alma Pérez | No Candidate | |
1969 | Aída Betancourt | No Candidate | No Candidate | |
1968 | Marylene Carrasquillo | No Candidate | Elsa Schroeder | |
1967 | Ivonne Coll | No Candidate | María Seda | |
1966 | Carol Barajadas | No Candidate | No Pageant Held | |
1965 | Gloria Cobain | No Candidate | Iraida Palacios | |
1964 | Yolanda Rodríguez | No Candidate | Zoe Santiago | |
1963 | Jeanette Blascoechea | No Candidate | Aida Mercado Top 15 | |
1962 | Ana Sosa | No Candidate | Agnes Toro | |
1961 | Enid del Valle | No Candidate | Ivette Monagas | |
1960 | No Candidate | No Candidate | Carmen Latimer | |
1959 | No Candidate | Lilie Díaz | No Pageant Held (Established in California, United States in 1960, then it was transferred to Tokyo, Japan in 1968). | |
1958 | No Candidate | No Candidate | ||
1957 | Mapita Mercado | No Candidate | ||
1956 | Paquita Vivo | No Candidate | ||
1955 | Carmen Betancourt | No Candidate | ||
1954 | Lucy Santiago | No Candidate | ||
1953 | Wanda Irizarry | No Candidate | ||
1952 | Marilia Bernal | No Candidate | ||
1951 | No Pageant Held (Established California, United States in 1951, then it was transferred to Florida, United States in 1960). |
No Candidate | ||
1950 | No Pageant Held (Established in England, United Kingdom in 1951). |
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 26 | Winner (1970 • 1985 • 1993 • 2001 • 2006) |
Miss World | 18 | Winner (1975 • 2016) |
Miss International | 15 | Winner (1987 • 2014) |
Miss Earth | 6 | Winner (2019) |
Total | 65 | 10 TITLES |
Formation | 2009 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Supranational |
Official language | Spanish, English |
National Director | Miguel René Deliz Valeria Vázquez Latorre |
Miss Supranational Puerto Rico | Fiorella Medina (2024) |
The Miss Supranational representative from Puerto Rico is chosen at the Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico (Our Beauty Puerto Rico) national beauty pageant. Miss Supranational was established in 2009, but Puerto Rico did not sent a representative for the pageant’s first edition. The first Puerto Rican delegate in Miss Supranational was Ketsia Kamille Payano Diaz, sent in 2010.
Puerto Rico has one winner in Valeria Vazquez Latorre, who won Miss Supranational 2018. As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 1 | 2018 |
1st Runner-Up | 1 | 2021 |
2nd Runner-Up | 1 | 2011 |
3rd Runner-Up | 0 | |
4th Runner-Up | 1 | 2017 |
Top 10 or Top 12 | 2 | 2014 • 2023 |
Top 20 or Top 25 | 3 | 2012 • 2013 • 2019 |
Total | 9 |
Year | Representative | Placement | Award | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Fiorella Medina Pérez | TBA | TBA | ||
2023 | Camille Fabery Diana | Top 12 | Global Brand Ambassador Winner • Top 10 Top Model | ||
2022 | Ariette Banchs Colón | Unplaced | •Top 28 Talent •Top 42 Influencer | ||
2021 | Karla Guilfú Acevedo | 1st Runner-Up | • Miss Elegance Winner • Miss Top Model Caribbean Winner •Top 10 Influencer Second Challenge | ||
2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||||
2019 | Shaleyka Vélez Avilés | Top 25 | Miss Top Model Caribbean Winner | ||
2018 | Valeria Vázquez Latorre | Miss Supranational 2018 | |||
2017 | Larissa Santiago | 4th Runner-Up | |||
2016 | Velmary Cabassa Vélez | Unplaced | |||
2015 | Nobiraida Infante Bosques | Unplaced | |||
2014 | Bárbara Marrero | Top 10 | Miss Americas Winner • 4th Runner-Up Talent | ||
2013 | Desirée del Río de Jesús | Top 20 | Miss Photogenic Winner • Top 10 Talent | ||
2012 | Gabriela Berríos Pagán | Top 20 | |||
2011 | Valery Vélez Cuevas | 2nd Runner-Up | |||
2010 | Ketsia Payano Díaz | Unplaced | |||
2009 | No Candidate
|
Formation | 2013 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | Spanish, English |
National Director | Miguel René Deliz Valeria Vázquez Latorre |
Miss Grand International Puerto Rico | Cristina Ramos (2023) |
Miss Grand International Puerto Rico is the title of the female beauty contest in Puerto Rico created since 2013 to compete at Miss Grand International. The winner of the title carries it for a period of about a year, and they give meaning and importance to this beauty competition by promoting a stop to war and violence, a campaign which is the slogan of the pageant. The Miss Grand International candidate from Puerto Rico is chosen at the Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico (Our Beauty Puerto Rico) national beauty pageant.
The first Puerto Rican delegate to win the international title of Miss Grand International was Janelee Chaparro in 2013 at the pageant’s first edition.
The pageant’s second winner, Miss Grand International 2014, Lees García, is of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent.
In 2023, there were two candidates of full Puerto Rican descent participating: Cristina Ramos of Puerto Rico, who finished in the top 20, and Sthephanie Miranda of United States of America, who finished as 3rd runner-up.
As of 2023, Puerto Rico is the only nation to have placed in all editions of the pageant.
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 1 | 2013 |
1st Runner-Up | 0 | |
2nd Runner-Up | 0 | |
3rd Runner-Up | 4 | 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2021 |
4th Runner-Up | 0 | |
Top 10 | 3 | 2019 • 2020 • 2022 |
Top 20 | 3 | 2014 • 2015 • 2023 |
Total | 11 |
Year | Representative | Placement | Award |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2023 | María Cristina Ramos Ayala | Top 20 | •Top 20 Country’s Power of the Year •Top 10 Best National Costume |
2022 | Oxana Rivera Álvarez | Top 10 (5th Runner-Up) |
Top 10 Sportswear & Swimsuit Competition Winner |
2021 | Vivianne Díaz Arroyo | 3rd Runner-Up | Best in Swimsuit Winner |
2020 | Fabiola Valentín González | Top 10 | |
2019 | Hazel Ortíz Méndez | Top 10 | Top 21 George Wittles’ Crown Walk |
2018 | Nicole Colón Rivera | 3rd Runner-Up | |
2017 | Brenda Jiménez Hernández | 3rd Runner-Up | |
2016 | Madison Anderson Berrios | 3rd Runner-Up | |
2015 | Isamar Campos de Jesús | Top 20 | |
2014 | Rebeca Valentín García | Top 20 | |
2013 | Janelee Chaparro Colón | Miss Grand International 2013 |
Formation | 1971 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Intercontinental |
Official language | Spanish, English |
Miss Intercontinental Puerto Rico | Pamela Ramos (2023) |
Currently, a pageant is not being held to choose the representative of Puerto Rico for Miss Intercontinental. In recent years, the delegate has been chosen from the group of semifinalists in Miss World Puerto Rico.
Miss Intercontinental was held twice in 1991. Carmen Lynda Díaz from Puerto Rico won the first edition held in Lagos, Nigeria by Nigerian owners of the pageant, Silverbird Productions, which held the franchise from 1986 to 1991, and Elena Ivanova from Russia won the second edition held in Bonn, Germany by organizers working under the direction of the new owners of the pageant, a company from Germany, which held the competition in Europe from 1991 to 2003. Despite not being included in the official archive of the pageant by the current owners, Puerto Rico irrefutably won the first edition of 1991 in Nigeria, thus achieving its second Miss Intercontinental crown.[7][8][9][10][11]
Puerto Rico has produced four winners. With 4 crowns won, Puerto Rico is the second country with the most winners. Venezuela and United States have the most winners with 5 each, while Brazil, Germany, and Russia share the third position of most wins, with 3 winners each.
Since it began to be awarded in 2008, Puerto Rico is the country with the most Miss North America titles, winning it six times as of 2023. Out of the 15 times the title has been awarded, Puerto Rico has won it 6 times, Mexico 3, United States 2, and Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, and Dominican Republic 1.
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 4 | 1986 • 1991[a] • 2010 • 2016 |
1st Runner-Up |
6 | 1988 • 1999 • 2006 • 2012 • 2013 • 2022 |
2nd Runner-Up |
2 | 1978 • 2009 |
3rd Runner-Up |
1 | 1990 |
4th Runner-Up |
1 | 2005 |
Top 10, Top 12 or Top 20 |
9 | 1979 • 1982 • 1997 • 2000 • 2002 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2023 |
Total | 23 |
Year | Representative | Placement | Award |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2023 | Pamela Marie Ramos Rodríguez | Top 22 | |
2022 | Mariela Pepín Solís | 1st Runner-Up | Miss North America Winner |
2021 | No Candidate
| ||
2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||
2019 | Daileen Marie Vega Colón | Unplaced | |
2018 | Yanelie Marie Santiago Castro | Unplaced | |
2017 | Josmarie Soto Mercado | Unplaced | |
2016 | Heilymar Rosario Velázquez | Miss Intercontinental 2016 | Miss North America Winner |
2015 | Suzette Eunice Rivera Sañes | Top 17 | |
2014 | Keysi Marie Vargas Vélez | Top 16 | Best in Evening Gown Winner |
2013 | Aleyda Enid Ortiz Rodríguez | 1st Runner-Up | • Miss North America Winner • Best in Swimsuit Winner |
2012 | Génesis María Dávila Pérez | 1st Runner-Up | Miss North America Winner |
2011 | Chanty Marie Vargas Meléndez | Top 15 | |
2010 | Maydelise Columna Rodríguez | Miss Intercontinental 2010 | Miss North America Winner |
2009 | Rosana Prado Meléndez | 2nd Runner-Up | Miss North America Winner |
2008 | No Candidate | ||
2007 | |||
2006 | Vanessa Zayda Claudio Rodríguez | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Congeniality Winner |
2005 | Saritza Alvarado Marrero | Top 5 | |
2004 | Angieliz Vázquez Collazo | Unplaced | |
2003 | No Candidate | ||
2002 | Yarissa Marie Tolentino | Top 12 | Miss AYK Beauty Award Winner |
2001 | No Candidate
| ||
2000 | Yormarie Ortíz Medina | Top 12 | |
1999 | Miredys Peguero Vega | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Internet Winner |
1998 | No Candidate
| ||
1997 | Olga García | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic Winner |
1996 | Nellianne Arce González | Unplaced | |
1995 | No Candidate
| ||
1994 | |||
1993 | |||
1992 | Ileana Pinto | Unplaced | |
1991 | Carmen Lynda Díaz | Miss Intercontinental 1991[a] [7][8][9][10][11] |
|
1990 | Elba Morales Borges | 3rd Runner-Up | |
1989 | Iris Acosta | Unplaced | |
1988 | Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera | 1st Runner-Up | |
1987 | Unknown
| ||
1986 | Elizabeth Robinson Latalladi | Miss Intercontinental 1986 | |
1985 | Unknown
| ||
1984 | |||
1983 | Carmen Batíz Vergara | Unplaced | Miss Photogenic Winner |
1982 | Mary Ann Cortés Camacho | Top 12 | |
1981 | Emeshe Juhasz Alvarado | Unplaced | |
1980 | Unknown
| ||
1979 | Yolanda Rosaly Alfonso | Top 12 | |
1978 | Ada Cecille Perkins Flores | 2nd Runner-Up | |
1977 | Myrna Ocasio | Unplaced | Talent Night Winner |
1976 | Vanessa Latimer | Unplaced | |
1975 | Vilma Luz Rodríguez | Unplaced | |
1974 | Maritza Motta Bacó | Unplaced | |
1973 | Aida Igaravidez López | Unplaced | |
1972 | Unknown
| ||
1971 |
Formation | 2013 |
---|---|
Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Global |
Official language | Spanish, English |
National Director | Joe Amhed |
Miss Global Puerto Rico | Ediris Rivera (2024) |
The Miss Global candidate from Puerto Rico is chosen at the Miss Earth Puerto Rico national beauty pageant, which is directed by Joe Amhed. Puerto Rico was represented for the first time in the competition’s 2023 edition by Ashley Meléndez, who competed against 72 other delegates and ended up winning the international title.
The first Puerto Rican delegate to win the international title of Miss Global was Ashley Meléndez in January of 2024 at the pageant’s 2023 edition. She is the first candidate from Puerto Rico to have participated in the pageant, making her one of the few women in history who have won an international beauty pageant title as a debuting delegate.
As of 2023, Puerto Rico has produced the following placements:
Placement | Quantity | Year |
---|---|---|
Winner | 1 | 2023 |
1st Runner-Up | 0 | |
2nd Runner-Up | 0 | |
3rd Runner-Up | 0 | |
4th Runner-Up | 0 | |
Top 10 or Top 15 | 0 | |
Top 20 or Top 25 | 0 | |
Total | 1 |
Year | Representative | Placement | Award | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Ediris Joan Rivera Berrios | TBA | TBA | |
2023 | Ashley Meléndez Ríos | Miss Global 2023 | ||
2022 | No Candidate
| |||
2021 | ||||
2020 | ||||
2019 | ||||
2018 | ||||
2017 | ||||
2016 | ||||
2015 | ||||
2014 | ||||
2013 |
Puerto Rico's performance in the two international beauty pageants of Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International, which together with the Big Four competitions—Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth—make up the Big Six, better known as the Grand Slam for being the most important pageants. Also included is the oldest minor international competition, Miss Intercontinental, which together with the six previously mentioned competitions, composes the Big Seven. In addition, Miss Global is included, which is one of the most important international pageants to follow these seven with a decade of history, more than sixty competitors per year, and a high quality production.
YEAR | MISS SUPRANATIONAL | MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL | MISS INTERCONTINENTAL | MISS GLOBAL |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | Ediris Rivera TBA |
2023 | Camille Fabery Top 12 |
Cristina Ramos Top 20 |
Pamela Ramos Top 22 |
Ashley Meléndez WINNER |
2022 | Ariette Banchs | Oxana Rivera 5th Runner-Up |
Mariela Pepín 1st Runner-up |
No Candidate |
2021 | Karla Guilfú 1st Runner-Up |
Vivianne Díaz 3rd Runner-Up |
No Candidate | No Candidate |
2020 | No Pageant Held | Fabiola Valentín Top 10 |
No Pageant Held | No Pageant Held |
2019 | Shaleyka Vélez Top 25 |
Hazel Ortíz Top 10 |
Daileen Vega | No Candidate |
2018 | Valeria Vázquez WINNER |
Nicole Colón 3rd Runner-Up |
Yanelie Santiago | No Candidate |
2017 | Larissa Santiago 4th Runner-Up |
Brenda Jiménez 3rd Runner-Up |
Josmarie Soto | No Candidate |
2016 | Velmary Cabassa | Madison Anderson 3rd Runner-Up |
Heilymar Rosario WINNER |
No Candidate |
2015 | Nobiraida Infante | Isamar de Jesús Top 20 |
Suzette Rivera Top 20 |
No Candidate |
2014 | Barbara Madero Top 10 |
Rebeca Valentín Top 20 |
Keysi Vargas Top 16 |
No Candidate |
2013 | Desirée del Río Top 20 |
Janelee Chaparro WINNER |
Aleyda Ortíz 1st Runner-Up |
No Candidate |
2012 | Gabriela Berrios Top 20 |
No Pageant Held (Established in Thailand in 2013). |
Genesis Dávila 1st Runner-Up |
No Pageant Held (Established in California, United States and Vietnam in 2013). |
2011 | Valery Veléz 2nd Runner-Up |
Chanty Vargas Top 15 | ||
2010 | Ketsia Payano | Maydelise Columna WINNER | ||
2009 | No Candidate | Rosana Padro 2nd Runner-Up | ||
2008 | No Pageant Held (Established in Poland in 2009). |
No Candidate | ||
2007 | No Candidate | |||
2006 | Vanessa Claudio 1sr Runner-Up | |||
2005 | Saritza Alvarado Top 5 | |||
2004 | Angieliz Vázquez | |||
2003 | No Candidate | |||
2002 | Yarissa Tolentino Top 12 | |||
2001 | No Candidate | |||
2000 | Yormarie Ortíz Top 12 | |||
1999 | Miredys Peguero 1st Runner-Up | |||
1998 | No Candidate | |||
1997 | Olga García Top 10 | |||
1996 | Nellianne Arce | |||
1995 | No Candidate | |||
1994 | No Candidate | |||
1993 | No Candidate | |||
1992 | Ileana Pino | |||
1991 | Carmen Lynda Díaz WINNER[a] | |||
1990 | Elba Morales 3rd Runner-Up | |||
1989 | Iris Acosta | |||
1988 | Laurie Simpson 1st Runner-Up | |||
1987 | Unknown | |||
1986 | Elizabeth Robinson WINNER | |||
1985 | Unknown | |||
1984 | Unknown | |||
1983 | Carmen Batíz | |||
1982 | Mary Ann Cortés Top 12 | |||
1981 | Emeshe Juhasz | |||
1980 | Unknown | |||
1979 | Yolanda Alfonso Top 12 | |||
1978 | Ada Perkins 2nd Runner-Up | |||
1977 | Myrna Ocasio | |||
1976 | Vanessa Latimer | |||
1975 | Vilma Rodríguez | |||
1974 | Maritza Motta | |||
1973 | Ada Igaravidez | |||
1972 | Unknown | |||
1971 | Unknown | |||
1970 | No Pageant Held (Established in Aruba in 1971. Currently in Panama and Germany). |
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Supranational | 9 | Winner (2018) |
Miss Grand International | 11 | Winner (2013) |
Miss Intercontinental | 23 | Winner (1986 • 1991[a] • 2010 • 2016) |
Miss Global | 1 | Winner (2023) |
Total | 44 | 7 TITLES |
The franchise holders in Puerto Rico of the four major beauty pageants are the following:
Year | Pageant | Location | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
1972 | Miss Universe | Dorado, Puerto Rico | Cerromar Beach Hotel |
2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez | |
2002 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Roberto Clemente Coliseum | |
2021 | Miss World | José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum |
Formation | 1937 |
---|---|
Type | Scholarship Pageant |
Headquarters | San Juan |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | Spanish and English |
Website | misspr |
Puerto Rico sends a delegate to the Miss America competition.[14] 2010 was the first time Puerto Rico had done so since 1961.
Year | Representative | Placement | Award |
---|---|---|---|
1937 | Malen Pietrantoni | ||
1948 | Irma Nydia Vázquez | ||
1949 | Marlene Carozzo | ||
1950 | Avelina Medrallo | ||
1951 | Evangelina Moragón | ||
1952 | Otilia Jiménez | Miss Congeniality | |
1953 | Helga Edmee Monroig | ||
1954 | Nydia Power | ||
1955 | María del Carmen Mejías | ||
1956 | Gladys Rodríguez | ||
1958 | Winnie Rodríguez | ||
1962 | Rosita Giusti | Best in Talent Competition (Classical Vocal) Miss Congeniality | |
2009 | Miriam Ivette Pabón Carrión | Lifestyle and Fitness Preliminary Award | |
2010 | Mariselle Morales | ||
2011 | Laura Ramirez | Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Medal | |
2012 | Kiaraliz Medina | ||
2013 | Shenti Lauren | ||
2014 | Yarelis Salgado | ||
2015 | Destiny Vélez | ||
2016 | Carole Rigual | ||
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |